Mindfulness based coaching and psychotherapy
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Welcome, sensitive soul — I’m so glad you’ve found your way here. In a world that moves so fast, it can be hard to pause, breathe, and choose how you want to grow. Sometimes we all find ourselves stuck in anxiety, depression, grief, or trauma, unable to see the light ahead. That’s okay. I’ve been there too — and you don’t have to face it alone.
Getting unstuck takes courage, compassion, and support. By being here, you’ve already taken the first step toward healing. I deeply believe in your ability to grow, heal, and step into the fullest version of yourself.
My approach blends psychotherapy and coaching in a holistic, creative way. Together, we’ll co-create a space that feels supportive, genuine, and tailored to your needs. I specialize in anxiety therapy, trauma recovery, stress management, grief counseling, and life transitions. Using mindfulness, meditation, CBT, and ACT, we’ll find tools that truly help you feel more grounded and resilient.
While therapy is meaningful and important work, I also believe self-discovery can feel light, playful, and even fun at times. Growth isn’t always perfect — it can mean taking leaps of faith, trying new things, and learning from the process. If you’re ready to move past old patterns and open up to the life you’re capable of living, I’d be honored to walk alongside you on your journey.
Testimonials
The moment I read about Melissa’s holistic process, I knew she was the right life coach for me. Melissa is positive, compassionate and easy to talk to. She has helped me gain a more positive outlook on myself and my situation in life. She continues to help me find the inner strength I need to make difficult decisions. I would highly recommend Melissa to anyone who needs some additional support through life’s difficult stages.
– Vicki
“I came to therapy during a really difficult life transition, feeling lost and stuck. Melissa’s approach was both supportive and empowering. She helped me see my strengths and taught me how to navigate change with resilience. I now feel more aligned with the life I want to live.”
-Mike
I cannot recommend Melissa enough. I’ve been working with her for 4 years and she has helped me through multiple big life transitions, moves, relationships, etc. Things that used to take me months to work through can be resolved within one session. She is truly one of a kind!
– Cheyenne
Meet Melissa
Melissa Hale is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and holistic therapist with over 20 years of experience helping individuals heal, grow, and reconnect with themselves. While trained in traditional psychotherapy, Melissa’s skills expand far beyond social work. She integrates breathwork, mindfulness, meditation, energy healing, and metaphysical practices to create a truly holistic and client-centered approach.
Her style is warm, open-minded, and creative. Clients often describe Melissa as both grounding and empowering — someone who holds a safe, supportive space while also encouraging them to step into their fullest potential. Whether working on anxiety, depression, trauma recovery, grief, stress management, or major life transitions, Melissa blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), and mindfulness-based strategies to support lasting change.
Based in Wisconsin and licensed in Colorado and Wisconsin, Melissa provides both in-person and online therapy, serving clients across the U.S. and globally. Outside of her practice, you can find her at the yoga studio, hiking in nature, foraging, or creating joyful shenanigans with friends.
In addition to one-on-one therapy, Melissa is a dynamic public speaker and facilitator. She leads corporate wellness programs, leadership trainings, meditation workshops, and healing retreats, inspiring groups to embrace resilience, self-care, and authentic growth.
In addition to 1:1 services, Melissa is a dynamic public speaker and facilitator of corporate wellness programs, leadership trainings, meditation programs, and healing retreats.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between coaching and traditional counseling?
In general, traditional counseling follows a clinical model to help address symptoms such as depression, anxiety, grief, etc, which can be tied to childhood experiences, traumas or biological issues. Often people seek counseling when they are in crisis or not functioning normally day to day. Since psychotherapy is often billed to insurance, there are certain requirements and limitations that must be addressed (like providing a diagnosis). Mental health providers often are licensed through the state and meet certain educational requirements.
Coaching is focused on present day life and teaches you how to maximize your intuition to attract the abundance that is waiting for you. Often the women I work with are extremely successful on appearance: they are mothers, professionals, students and go-getters! Coaching is a wonderful way to transform already successful women to an even higher level of self-understanding and joy. As a coach, I use my various professional hats as a psychotherapist, yoga teacher, reiki master and spiritual ninja to help support you on your transformation from woman to kick-ass warrior goddess! As a side note, coaches do not need to meet any specific licenses or educational degrees, so make sure you do your research when picking a coach.
How are services provided?
Psychotherapy and coaching are provided either in person or virtually, or can be a combination of the two.